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Thanks to everybody who encouraged me this past week to get to my doctor for my diabetes. I had had a week of blood sugar highs and lows. Those seem a lot like PTSD symptoms, so my PTSD had starting acted up on me, too. I passed out at home Thursday evening. I was losing control.
Friday I got in to get help at my hospital's diabetes clinic, and they put me on a new medication that stopped the blood sugar spikes. Things settled down nicely. Then yesterday Saturday it gotten even better.
As I was telling 52 in a private message, I got some nice feedback from my part time job. When due to kidney failure I left my hospital chaplaincy career in 2011 it nearly killed me. I really loved being a hospital chaplain. It seemed like a way to make sense of my life and PTSD. Then it was over. As I left, I voluntarily gave up my active standing as an ordained minister. It was over. I threw in the towel. My life was in ruins.
I moved 1,500 miles and took my present community college job teaching nurses. An old friend from seminary turned out to be a pastor at a church 2 hours away. Two little churches up here in the mountains that didn't have a pastor often asked her to come up and be a guest preacher. She didn't have time, so she gave them my name. So for the past 3 years, in addition to teaching full time, as a part time job I've preached once a month at each church. It's been nice, like getting something out of my past hospital chaplaincy after all. My sermons are often about life lessons we talk about here at DS PTSD, something I've mentioned here from time to time. When I mention a lesson learned at DS PTSD, I tell them about us.
This weekend the denomination had its national conference, and on Saturday I got 3 emails from that conference across the country. Somebody there mentioned me, a nobody, and felt my ordination standing should be restored for my 3 years of service to these 2 little churches. It's not going to change my community college job or make me more money. But it's a nice healing gesture to me after my kidney failure and diabetes took something so precious away from me back in 2011. Wow. I feel good about having been willing to serve those 2 churches unordained now. I never expected to be recognized for it. I'm so grateful this week ended in such a good way. Thanks for your support.
Friday I got in to get help at my hospital's diabetes clinic, and they put me on a new medication that stopped the blood sugar spikes. Things settled down nicely. Then yesterday Saturday it gotten even better.
As I was telling 52 in a private message, I got some nice feedback from my part time job. When due to kidney failure I left my hospital chaplaincy career in 2011 it nearly killed me. I really loved being a hospital chaplain. It seemed like a way to make sense of my life and PTSD. Then it was over. As I left, I voluntarily gave up my active standing as an ordained minister. It was over. I threw in the towel. My life was in ruins.
I moved 1,500 miles and took my present community college job teaching nurses. An old friend from seminary turned out to be a pastor at a church 2 hours away. Two little churches up here in the mountains that didn't have a pastor often asked her to come up and be a guest preacher. She didn't have time, so she gave them my name. So for the past 3 years, in addition to teaching full time, as a part time job I've preached once a month at each church. It's been nice, like getting something out of my past hospital chaplaincy after all. My sermons are often about life lessons we talk about here at DS PTSD, something I've mentioned here from time to time. When I mention a lesson learned at DS PTSD, I tell them about us.
This weekend the denomination had its national conference, and on Saturday I got 3 emails from that conference across the country. Somebody there mentioned me, a nobody, and felt my ordination standing should be restored for my 3 years of service to these 2 little churches. It's not going to change my community college job or make me more money. But it's a nice healing gesture to me after my kidney failure and diabetes took something so precious away from me back in 2011. Wow. I feel good about having been willing to serve those 2 churches unordained now. I never expected to be recognized for it. I'm so grateful this week ended in such a good way. Thanks for your support.
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Lately I've been feeling scared and full of anxiety. I recently found a lump under my nipple. I hurt my back too. I'm in the process of moving. I'm run down. Everything is hard
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Just wanted to give a thank you to Mid, Arfie, Malibumark, Greeneyes, Mlro, Girlincalif, and Suncloudjd! You all always have such helpful tips and advice, but I always forget to write on my posts when I see you post, lol. I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to my body, lol. Thank you all so much! I'm starting to use my AI app as a sounding board again. I used to use it as that before...
I'm really glad they can stabilize your sugars better, and even MORE glad that your contributions to the churches have been recognized in one way, and may yet be recognized in another.
Bravo !
J.
Let's hear it for persistence. Way to do the do!!!
I'm so happy for you, Muji. You'll be in my prayers. Blessings to you! "Hugs"
#LetItSnow
I'm happy to hear the diabetes medicines are working too.
First of all, it's so nice when pains stops. Ha! Those blood sugar ups and downs were messing with my PTSD, and it's so good to stop that roller coaster.
And then secondly to be granted a gift by others so far away that heals the past like that is just a miracle.
Thanks for being there for me so I could share it with you all. :-)